{"id":31584,"date":"2023-05-26T13:01:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T11:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/?p=31584"},"modified":"2023-05-26T13:02:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T11:02:32","slug":"property-law-update-issue-08-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/property-law-update-issue-08-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Property Law Update | Issue 08 &#8211; 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>PLAN APPROVAL A SALE CONDITION, BUT AGREEMENT SILENT ON WHO MUST PROCURE THIS<\/h4>\n<p>Naidoo and Another v Sanders and Another (D1696\/2020) [2023] ZAKZDHC 21 (4 May 2023)<\/p>\n<p>Part of the dispute in this judgment related to a suspensive condition in a sale agreement requiring the procurement of approved plans for the buildings on the land sold. The wording was silent on whether the seller or buyer was responsible to attend hereto. Obtaining plan approval proved to be illusive, leading to the seller arguing that the agreement had lapsed due to non-fulfillment of the condition. The court however referred to the laws relating to plan approval and held that as this power lies only with the owner or his appointed agent, the obligation rested on the seller\u2019s shoulders by default.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZAKZDHC\/2023\/21.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Judgment<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/stbb_plu08-2023_s1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summary of the Judgment<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>AGREEMENT VOID BECAUSE MATERIAL TERMS OMITTED<\/h4>\n<p>Cooper N O and Another v Curro Heights Properties (Pty) Ltd (1300\/2022) [2023] ZASCA 66 (16 May 2023)<\/p>\n<p>The parties in the sale agreement in this matter had, subsequent to signing, made plans to procure subdivision of one of the properties included in the sale. This was because the purchaser only wanted to buy part of one of the erven that was included in the sale. Subdivision was not achieved and the relationship between seller and purchaser floundered. (Also after the signing of the agreement, was the discovery that an erf number of one of the erven sold reflected the wrong erf number, although both parties were clear on the erven being sold and purchased.) The matter landed with the Supreme Court of Appeal which confirmed that, amongst other things, the subdivision constituted a material element of the agreement and since it was not recorded in writing and made part of the agreement, there was non-compliance with the Alienation of Land Act and the agreement was void.<br \/>\nIt is significant to note that the seller was a company in liquidation and the agreement entered into in 2017 already, meaning that the delays in relation to the subdivision and the subsequent litigation, delayed the process for almost 5 years. Remember therefore always to ensure that every material aspect of your agreement is recorded in writing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZASCA\/2023\/66.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Judgment<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/stbb_plu08-2023_s2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summary of the Judgment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLAN APPROVAL A SALE CONDITION, BUT AGREEMENT SILENT ON WHO MUST PROCURE THIS Naidoo and Another v Sanders and Another (D1696\/2020) [2023] ZAKZDHC 21 (4 May 2023) Part of the dispute in this judgment related to a suspensive condition in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":24477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-property-law-update"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Property Law Update | Issue 08 - 2023 - STBB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/property-law-update-issue-08-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Maryna Botha\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-08-2023\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-08-2023\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Maryna Botha\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/623606b2022560795816523a4fd0bfec\"},\"headline\":\"Property Law Update | Issue 08 &#8211; 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